diff --git a/data/special-requirements b/data/special-requirements
index 9eb4e0e..9c45e5c 100644
--- a/data/special-requirements
+++ b/data/special-requirements
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ ddtrace !jessie
 ecma_intl !buster !bullseye
 geos !alpine3.9 !alpine3.10
 lz4 !jessie
-memcached !bookworm
 memprof !alpine3.9 !alpine3.10 !alpine3.11 !alpine3.12 !alpine3.13 !alpine3.14 !alpine3.15
 parallel zts
 parle !jessie
diff --git a/install-php-extensions b/install-php-extensions
index f00e0f8..08ee780 100755
--- a/install-php-extensions
+++ b/install-php-extensions
@@ -1032,6 +1032,9 @@ buildRequiredPackageLists() {
 			memcached@debian)
 				buildRequiredPackageLists_persistent="$buildRequiredPackageLists_persistent libmemcachedutil2"
 				buildRequiredPackageLists_volatile="$buildRequiredPackageLists_volatile libmemcached-dev zlib1g-dev"
+				if test $DISTRO_MAJMIN_VERSION -ge 12; then
+					buildRequiredPackageLists_volatile="$buildRequiredPackageLists_volatile $buildRequiredPackageLists_libssldev"
+				fi
 				;;
 			mongo@alpine)
 				buildRequiredPackageLists_persistent="$buildRequiredPackageLists_persistent libsasl $buildRequiredPackageLists_libssl"